American Civil War (1861): Sumter
[37] [american-civil-1-37] About 620,000-850,000 people died, scholarly range -- more US dead than in the two world wars combined for Ame On a timeline, write the date and place of American Civil War before any adjective of victory. Year 1861, line “Sumter,” figure 04. Do not read the dead as points. Lincoln's 1860 election, without southern electoral votes, triggered secession conventions. The Co
About 620,000-850,000 people died, scholarly range -- more US dead than in the two world wars combined for American forces. Industrial railroads, rifled muskets, and a Union naval blockade made it a modern war on a continental map. Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863) and Vicksburg (4 July 1863) were the twin hinges; Appomattox (9 April 1865) ended the main Confederate army.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments recast the Constitution. Reconstruction (1865-77) was a second political war that white supremacist "Redemption" later rolled back. English-speaking memory outside the US treats this as the great American epic; inside the US it remains a live argument about flags, statues and school books.
Union, emancipation and an industrial republic The Civil War was a political war about a slaveholding republic that became, through arms and amendments, a different constitution -- then a contested memory. Border states (Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri) were a campaign of politics as much as of armies.
The timeline keeps year, place, and what moved. If “Sumter” is the movement, the figure is 04 and the year is 1861.1861
Figures to keep
- Year of the action
- 1861
- Figure in the record
- 04
- Action
- American Civil War
- Line of the front
- Sumter
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